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Inflammation of the larynx is a serious and sometimes a fatal disease, 

 and, as before stated, is usually complicated with inflammation of the 

 pharynx, constituting what is popularly known as "sore throat." 



Symptoms. — About the first symptom noticed is the cough, followed 

 by a difiiculty in swallowing, which may be due to the soreness of the 

 membrane of the pharynx, over which the food or water must pass, or 

 to the pain caused by the contraction of the muscles necessary to impel 

 the food or water onward to the gullet; or this same contraction of the 

 muscles mity cause a pressure on the larynx and produce the pain. lu 

 many instances the difiiculty in swallowing is so great that the water, 

 and in some cases the food, is returned through the nose. The mouth 

 is hot, and saliva dribbles from it. The glands between the lower jaw 

 bones and below the ears may be swollen. Pressure on the larynx 

 induces a violent fit of coughing. The cough is very characteristic; it 

 is easily seen that the animal is "coughing at his throat." The head 

 is more or less "poked out," and has the appearance of being stiffly 

 carried. The membrane in the nose becomes red. A discharge from 

 the nostrils soon appears. As the disease advances, the breathing may 

 assume a more or less noisy character; sometimes a harsh rasping snore 

 is emitted with every respiration, the breathing becomes hurried, and 

 occasionally the animal seems threatened with suffocation. 



Treatment.— In all cases steam the nostrils as advised for cold in the 

 head. In bad cases cause the steam to be inhaled continuously for 

 hours, until relief is afl'orded. Have a fresh bucketful of boiling water 

 ever}' fifteen or twent}' minutes. In each bucketful of water put a table- 

 spoonful of oil of turpentine, which will be carried along with the steam 

 to the affected parts and have a beneficial effect. In mild cases steam- 

 ing the nostrils five, six, or seven times a day will sufiQce. 



The animal should be placed in a comfortable, dry stall (a box-stall 

 preferred), but should have a pure atmosphere to breathe. The body 

 should be blanketed, and bandages applied to the legs. The diet should 

 consist of soft food — bran mashes, scalded oats, linseed gruel, and, best 

 of all, grass, if in season, which should be carried to him as soon as cut, 

 and a fresh supply offered often. The manger or trough should not be 

 too high nor too low, but a temporary one should be constructed at 

 about the height he carries his head. Having to reach too high or too 

 low may cause so much pa n that the animal would rather forego satis- 

 fying what little appetite he might have, than inflict pain by craning 

 his head for food or water. A supply of fresh water should be before 

 him all the time; he will not drink too much, nor will the cold water 

 hurt him. Constipation (if present) must be relieved by enemas of 

 warm water, administered three or four times during the twenty-four 

 hours. 



A liniment composed of 2 ounces of olive oil and 1 ounce each of solu- 

 tion of ammonia and tincture of cantharides, well shaken together^ 

 should be thoroughly rubbed in about the throat from ear to ear, and 

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